Saraki To Lead Senate Delegation To Troubled North East

The senate president, Bukola Saraki has said that he will lead a high power delegation to visit the IDPs in the  North East and the military establishments located there.

Although the senate revealed that they had plans to visit the North east, it was confirmed after a motion was raised and led by George Sekibo (Rivers East)at the senate during the plenary on Wednesday in Abuja.

In a six prayer motion, the senate also urged President Muhammadu Buhari to establish a Presidential Intervention Committee to rehabilitate the North East Zone.

It added that the presidency should condemn the continual assault on the people of the North East Zone and other parts of the country by the Boko Haram elements and do everything in his power to eradicate insurgency.

The parliamentarians also called for commendation of the military troops who have dedicated their lives to combat the insurgents.

In addition, the senate also urged the presidency to direct its Committee on Special Duties to monitor the well-being of all internally displaced persons in the country as a result of insurgency in the North East.

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Mr Saraki also pledged his support after commending Mr Sekibo for moving the motion. He added that this issue should be made a priority and not treated with triviality.

“What is happening in the North east is a challenge to all of us as Nigerians.

“We are seeing it as a point of urgency that we must address and do something to support the cautions already foreseen by the president.

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“The priority the president has placed, not only by his actions so far but also his appointments are being made to address the area of the North East insurgency.

“We also have a role to play because the issue of appropriation also lies on our doorstep and we should find ways to ensure that it is well funded”, said Saraki.

He added that most of the lawmakers have personal experiences meaning the need to find a solution will be done as soon as possible.

The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu said the motion came exactly when it was supposed to due to the high level of destruction of lives and property in the affected areas recently.

“This motion is important to me because I experienced the civil war and more.

“During the civil war, we saw schools and markets destroyed, we slept in the bush with corpses all around us and many people suffered from diseases, like kwashiorkor.

“There is therefore the need for rehabilitation and we have to protect our citizens irrespective of where they come from,’’ he said.

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Ali Ndume,the senate leader also stressed that the insecurity issues have elongated from a national problem to an international challenge and must be tackled.

He also commended the present government who have been trying all means within their power to combat insurgency terming them as “sincere, serious and determined”.

On the other hand, Olusola Adeyeye (Osun Central) said he strongly believes that the war can be defeated without borrowing money from other sources.

“All we have to do is a levy of 1% from all public and private workers to fight this indecisively.

“If you create an agency, it will simply create another money gulping enterprise which we don’t need.

“We should pump money directly to where the work has to be done and minimise the bureaucracy.” He said.

 

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